“Women are constantly chastised for being too much of anything: too loud, too boisterous, too sweary, too fat, too thin, too cocky, too good at recognising patriarchy when it stares them right in the eyeballs. Men, on the other hand, are praised and celebrated for their extremes. Well, I call bullshit, and it makes me mad as hell.”

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The post about charity shops and textile waste/recycling caught my attention, because I’ve been learning how to recycle worn-out or stained clothing/linens into braided rugs or placemats. I realize this kind of crafting is labor-intensive, not something everyone can or wants to do, and probably not at all feasible on a large scale. But it’s something I think I’ll continue doing on an individual level, to reuse things that would otherwise get tossed (either by me or by the thrift store).

http://www.theprettyguineapig.com Beth

I’ve been using that eyelash curling technique from Beauty Bets this week and it works really well–I always had that crimped look when I used a curler but her method does make the lash curl more gently.

http://malepatternboldness.blogspot.com/ Peter

Thanks for the shout-out, Sal!

Shaye

Iceland in the winter is awesome! The lights may be white or silver if the aurora isn’t super-strong, but that was a great representation of the movement.

Jean

I have long admired the sloth-moth-tree-sloth poop circle of life. Adding in the algae in the aloth fur that is fed by decaying moth bodies and that becomes a food source for sloths on the go only makes the world all the more wonderful to me. Oh brave new world, that has such creatures in it!

http://www.markdefrates.com pamela gene daley

Re this: “In contemporary fashion photography, one almost never sees smiling faces. I’ve heard all kinds of theories about why this is so, from the higher status we confer on non-smiling people (since they don’t have to please anybody or smile to look obsequious), to a smile distracting from the clothes so that it becomes more about the model than their outfit.”

I have had to unsub from newsletters from vendors who feature fake-serious models. Like, why so sad, Hoody-Wearer? Gorgeous Dress! Why do you want to kill yourself (or someone else)? I even won’t buy from sites that feature unsmiling models! Extreme I know. There’s a simple reason for this though – non-smiley face makes the clothes or whatever you’re modeling look bad……and fake. I feel (subjective I know) I can’t trust that vendor because they are so clueless about what sells that they might be just as clueless about their product!

And don’t get me started on the slightly open mouth look! CLOSE your mouth, for god’s sake! You’re about to drool!